Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the boards registrar, made the announcement in Abuja on Saturday, May 11, 2019 that about 1,792,719 candidates wrote the examination, while 34,120 candidates had their results withheld for examination malpractice.
Oloyede made it known that 15,145 results were withheld and yet to be clarified.

Candidates can now check their results by just sending a text containing the phone number used for registration and to 55019 to get their results instantly. (ie. Text your registered phone number to 55019).

The new process for checking of results would ensure that fraudsters who are bent at exploiting candidates do not have access to their results, Oloyede claims.